Improvement in toy money-boxes



E. J. McLOUGHLIN.

TOY MONEY-B0X.

No. 191,065. Patented May 22,1877.

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UNITED y STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD J. MGLOUGHLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY MONEY-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,065, dated May 22,1877; application filed April 2, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. J. MoLoUeHLIN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Toy Bank, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved toy bank. Fig. 2 is aninverted plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in con- A nection with thedrawing, and then pointed out in the claim.

The shaft of the winged wheel extends th rough the side of the bank, andis provided with a iiexi ble index, which touches a circular row of pinsthat project from the face of a dial at the front of the bank.

.lhe object ot' the invention is to provide a game of chance inconnection with a toy bank.

Referring to the drawing, A is the body of the bank, upon which, in thepresent case, the sitting ligure of a man is placed. A dat tube orchute, B, extends through the body of the man and into thecoin-receptacle or body of the bank. Below this chute a Wheel, O, isplaced, whose shaft a is journaled in the sides ofthe body A. VThewheel@` is provided with skeleton wings b, which project radially, andwhich are placed so that the coin dropped the chute B strikes one of thewings and causes the wheel to rotate. A small flywheel, D, is secured tothe shaft a, and serves to continue the rotation of the wheel. rlhe endof the shaft a extends through the side of l d project at right anglesfrom the face of the dial near its periphery, in position to be engagedby the end of the horse-hair index. The spaces between the pins arenumbered, in the present case, by two sets of arbitrary nurnbers; butthese may be varied at will.

A bottom, F, is pivoted to the body A, which may be turned whenever coinis to be removed from the bank. l

The operation of the machine is as follows: The coin is dropped into thechute B, whence it passes to the wheel C, and by striking one of itswings causes it to rotate. This motion continues until arrested by thefriction ofthe journals and the resistance of the index c as it passesthe pins d. A number is called, and if the index stops at the numbermentioned the bank pays tive times the amount of the deposit, which isretained, but if the index stops at any other number than the onecalled, the bank retains the deposit and pays nothlng.

I do not limit or confine my improvementl to the exact form herein shownand described, as it may be changed without departing` from myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 'Ihe ilexible index c, secured to the shaft a, incombination with the dial E, having the pins d, substantially as shownand described.

EDWARD J. MCLOUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

